Offshore: Trusts
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : Jersey
Band 2
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+44 1534 601700About
Provided by Collas Crill
Collas Crill's full-service team offers wealth structuring, advisory and disputes expertise to trustees and high-net-worth individuals. The team is made up of 29 private client and trusts lawyers – 13 of whom are partners - working seamlessly across time zones. This strong global presence and partner-led approach means that clients can benefit from Collas Crill's leading expertise and experience around the world.
The firm has many years of collective experience in providing trusts, foundations and other fiduciary services using Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey law - jurisdictions which are collectively recognised as leaders in the provision of offshore fiduciary services. The team also has significant experience in specialist products and services, including pensions and Shariah, with many of the team having worked in the world of wealth management in other prominent offshore and onshore jurisdictions.
Collas Crill has experts in family law, wills, probate and estate planning who offer discreet, practical advice to reach the best possible outcomes for our clients, many of whom the firm has worked with for a number of years.
Collas Crill represent trusts corporations, individual trustees and beneficiaries and have conduct of many of the leading cases in this area, dealing with novel points of law and creating new and innovative solutions.
Key services:
- Private wealth structures
- Trust advisory
- Trust disputes
- Wills and estates
Chambers Review
Collas Crill is engaged in a range of non-contentious as well as dispute-related work. The firm recently merged with Ward Yates in 2023 to strengthen its Jersey offering.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"A highly skilled and knowledgeable team with vast resources available to them."
"The attention to detail is great and the team can manage complex trust matters that have multi-jurisdictional aspects, making complex issues easier to understand and resulting in good decision making."
"A highly skilled and knowledgeable team with vast resources available to them."
"The attention to detail is great and the team can manage complex trust matters that have multi-jurisdictional aspects, making complex issues easier to understand and resulting in good decision making."
Notable Practitioners
Victoria Yates specialises in corporate trust matters. She has considerable experience in the establishment and administration of trusts.
"Victoria Yates is very pragmatic, solution orientated and well connected in the Jersey market, and I would refer to her for drafting heavy Jersey law matters."
Damian James is a trust litigator representing high net worth individuals and corporate trustees.
"I enjoy working with Damian very much. He understands our needs and pitches his service accordingly. He is an experienced and calm pair of hands."
"Damian is a most capable and knowledgeable person who is very well liked and respected in the industry."
"Damian has an ability to assimilate complicated facts, bringing focus to the real issues. He brings a practical approach, which clients appreciate."